THE LIE: DECEPTION TO THE CEO

-Have you had dinner yet?” asked Christopher, worried about his parents.

-No, we are deciding whether to go downstairs or not,” answered his father, Ozzi with a smile, looking at his wife Maddie, who was waiting for them to decide.

-Yes, please come down, Dad! I’ll be there in fifteen minutes, so we can have dinner together,” he begged.

-Great! Then we’ll go downstairs and wait for you at the restaurant,” answered his father.

(***)

Exactly fifteen minutes later, Christopher arrived, said hello and sat down at the table with them, who were in a corner of the restaurant so that no one would disturb them.

-Let’s order,” announced Christopher, who signaled one of the waiters to wait on them.

During the meal, they talked a lot. Both his father and mother made some remarks to him that he should be careful not to get close to any of his godparents’ daughters, because apparently all three of them are attracted to him.

His parents were worried, because they know their son well. He was a womanizer from a very young age, until he got engaged to Amber. At this comment from his parents, Christopher swallowed thickly, as if he had been discovered that morning, allowing himself to be caressed and kissed by Rocio.

He, unable to speak and clarify to his parents, the situation he lived that morning, only commented to them:

-Take it easy! I am clear and aware that I can’t do a bad thing, neither to them nor to my godparents. What I didn’t know is that the three of them were like that -he commented smiling, being presumptuous and vain.

Thinking about what his parents had said, Christopher saw Amber arrive at the restaurant alone. Then, he concentrated on what she was doing, without paying much attention to her parents, who upon seeing her, crossed complicit glances between them.

-Aren’t you going to say hello to Amber? asked her mother curiously.

-He replied, spelling out each syllable, jealous and hurt, taking the napkin to wipe his lips. After some thought he rose from his chair and walked to the table she occupied.

-Good evening,” he greeted, taking her completely by surprise.

-What are you doing here?” she asked, looking at him and remembering what the journalist asked his godfather, which activated the jealousy bug in her again, looking at him with disdain.

-Don’t think I’m here for you,” he answered, also hurt and furious about the news she had given him the day before, “I came to have dinner with my parents,” gesturing with his hand, he indicated the table where they were.

Maddie and Ozzi greeted her with a cordial but distant gesture from the table where they were. This made her feel worse, as she realized that he was telling her the truth and that it was not for her that he was there.

-May I?” he asked, pulling up one of the chairs and sitting on it.

-Why are you asking me? If you’re always going to do it, with or without my consent,” she reproached, attending to the arrival of the waiter with her order.

-Please charge this to my bill, the same as the next table,” showing where her parents were. She didn’t answer anything, because anyway, he would do as he pleased.

“Bon appetit! -he said.

-Thank you! -she replied, looking at him, remembering the scene when they met in the bathroom.

-Why are you alone?” he asked, without any gesture on his face.

-Because I’m staying at the hotel,” she answered dryly, without further explanation.

-And the apartment where you were, when I came the first time? he asked, wanting to know.

-It’s Dylan’s! Even though he is my fiance, I will not accept to live in one of his properties, since he has no responsibility to me yet,” she assured him.

He, smiling inwardly, was relieved to find out that they were not living together. It was what he had feared the most since he first saw her there and observed how Dylan had keys to the apartment where she supposedly lived.

-If you accept me, I can provide you with an apartment, so you can stay in it for as long as you need,” he said, pleased.

-So that you can evict me without any contemplation, whenever you feel like it,” she questioned, with displeasure and refusal, “No thanks! I already lived that experience, through my mother,” he confessed and she immediately remembered, making him feel very miserable.

-I know I deserve that answer. However, I’m not going to spend my whole life asking you for forgiveness for what I did,” he answered, stubborn and arrogant, looking at her face.

Just at that moment, his godfather’s three daughters entered the restaurant, so when they saw him sitting with Amber, without caring who he was with, they approached him.

-Hello, doll,” greeted Luz, hugging him by the neck and kissing him on the cheek, very close to his mouth.

-Hello, my princesses! -he answered, with one of his most beautiful smiles, getting up from the chair, to stand up and greet them, one by one with a kiss.

-Hello, handsome! -Angie replied, with a curious look, especially when she noticed that at the table next to this one, Christopher’s parents were alone.Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

-Hello, naughty girl,” he declared, smiling and caressing her cheek.

For her part, Rocio, more daring and greedy, said nothing, but came closer and kissed him passionately on the mouth, in front of everyone present. However, just at that moment, her parents entered the restaurant, who were stunned. They walked over and separated their daughter from Christopher.

-Excuse me, Miss Amber! -excused the Procurator, disgusted and embarrassed, before the daring and disrespectful attitude of his daughter, whom he looked at with rage and displeasure.

-I don’t think it’s you who should be apologizing! -Amber replied, jealous and angry, with a strong urge to slap them both.

“Besides, there’s a reason your daughter feels entitled to kiss you,” she asserted, intent on stirring up trouble between Christopher and his godfather. “Excuse me! -She snarled, tossing her cloth napkin on the table and rising from her chair to withdraw.

-Amber, please! Don’t go! It’s just a child’s whims,” added Christopher, experiencing a great inner joy, knowing she was jealous. He looked quickly at Rocio, remembering that morning’s kiss and how it made him feel.

-What you do or don’t do, I don’t care, it’s not my problem. Leave me alone! -She looked at the three of them and said, “I’m giving you a present. Enjoy it!

-Amber, please!” He roared behind her, trying to grab her by the arm, drawing the attention of all the diners, who were there. Some were recording everything and uploading it to the networks, others attentive to what was happening among them.

When he grabbed her by the arm, she exclaimed….

-Let go of me! If you don’t want a repeat of yesterday in the bathroom,” she confessed, angrily and without caring that they had spectators.

-I don’t care, let it happen again! -He maintained, without letting her go and leading her back to their table, while his godparents took their daughters to a table away from them…